Curious

67

I walk out of the shower and immediately wrap my body in a towel. "Fuck, we took way too long in there. Now I have to rush and get ready." I groan, walking into my closet.

I feel Juan walk behind me. "It was worth it though, right?" he places a kiss on my neck while I take his suit off of a rack.

I roll my eyes and smile. "I mean, yeah." I turn and shove the suit into his hands. "Stop trying to get me distracted. Go get dressed." I shake my head and make my way into the bathroom again to start on my hair.

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Because we were so short on time, I had no choice but to go for a natural makeup look. My dress completely makes up for it though. It's extremely out there and I would have probably never chosen it if it weren't for the way it hugs my body so perfectly.

I'm looking at myself in the full length mirror that's in my room when Juan walks up next to me while fixing his collar. I look over at him in awe. Its not fair that he can just look this good in a suit that probably only took him a few short minutes to put on. 

"How did I get so lucky to have you?" he asks, leaning down and kissing me gently.

I smile, kissing him again. "I ask myself that same question everyday."

"Te amo." he smiles. 

We give each other few more kisses before finally deciding to drive over to pick up Joel. "Well you look handsome." I smile, walking into Mark's house. 

"And you look amazing as well." Joel grins, giving me a quick hug and kiss on the cheek. 

"You guys look great." Mark smiles, walking up to us with his hands in his pockets. "Make sure to take a lot of pictures for me." 

I nod. "Yeah, okay." I nudge Joel who's looking down at his phone. "You ready?"

"Yeah let's go." we say goodbye and head for the car to start our long drive to this wedding.

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The ceremony was beautiful, I may have teared up slightly once or twice. I can really tell how much Angelica and Eduardo love each other. "That was beautiful." Juan smiles as we begin to walk to the reception. 

I nod, taking his hand as we continue to walk. "Yeah, it was." after a few more minutes of walking, we're back at the spot we were having the rehersal dinner at again. "We're at table seven." I tell Joel once I've picked up our place card. 

"Adrianna!" I turn when I hear the happy voice of Hailey. "You look beautiful!" she smiles, walking over to us. 

"Thank you! So do you." I smile, giving her a hug. She's in a beautiful baby blue dress with a natural makeup look and her blonde hair pulled up into a beautiful braid. 

"I'll show you guys to your seats." she smiles, leading us to our table. 

Once we're seated I cant help but shift uncomfortably when I feel all eyes on us. Not only because I'm here with 'Maluma', but because everyone knows Joel and I are Eduardo's long lost children who suddenly decided to show up at this wedding. "You okay?" Juan asks quietly, looking around at everyone who is also taking their seats. 

I look over to him and smile. "Yeah..I'm good." I grab his hand from under the table. "I love you, thanks for asking." 

"If everybody could please stand to welcome the bride and groom." I hear the DJ say, and everybody stands to greet Eduardo and Angelica. 

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The wedding is going great, people are chatting, drinking, dancing. So far a few cousins who I barely remember and a couple aunts have stopped by at our table to say hi. I give them a tight lipped smile and 'Hi' back, but it's only to be polite. I don't miss the way most of them are practically drooling over Juan. It's like everyone knows who he is, but is too scared to address it, its weird. 

"Let's dance?" asks Eduardo suddenly. He's been sitting at our table for a few minutes now, talking with Joel. Juan and I have kept our chatter low as we looked over at the dance floor while he's been here. 

I shake my head slowly, unsure. "I don't know..I'm not much of a dancer..." I trial off. 

He chuckles, standing up. "Come on, you'll be fine." he extends his hand out to me. I look from his hand to the crowd of people who are slow dancing nervously before hesitantly taking his hand. Juan gives me a reassuring smile as I turn my head to look at him once we've reached the dance floor. "Just follow my lead." Eduardo says, snapping my attention back onto him. 

"Okay." I nod slowly, letting his hand rest on my hip as the other takes ahold of my own. I don't think we've ever been this close before. As much as I hate to admit it, I really do get that safe, paternal feeling now that we're this close. 

"You look beautiful Adrianna." he says, smiling down at me. "You really are a spitting image of your mother." 

I nod. "Yeah, I get that a lot." I clear my throat nervously and look up at him a few seconds later. "You know...if this is how you've always loved, I know my mom felt really loved by your side." I say quietly, keeping my gaze on his chest.

He tenses for a few seconds and then relaxes a bit. He brings his finger down to my chin and lifts it up so that I'm looking at him again. There are tears in his eyes. "You have to know that I loved your mother with everything I had while we were together. I-I was just stupid and selfish and I've regretted leaving you guys ever since, mi cielo. I am so sorry for that. So sorry." his voice breaks at the end, causing tears to begin to pool up in my eyes. 

"I know." I say quietly, nodding. "And I swear I'm going to try and move on from all of this. I know mom would've hated me not giving you a second chance." I laugh, wiping away a stray tear that falls down my cheek. "She always spoke so highly of you even though what you did was pretty shitty. She never had anything but good things to say about you." I shrug. "Maybe that's why I don't hate you as much as I feel like I should." 

"Your mother wasn't a hateful person, Adrianna. What you're saying about her doesn't surprise me one bit." he smiles sadly. "I love you and your brothers so much, as hard as that may be to believe. Seeing you and Joel for the first time in so long, just confirmed that to me. I want to be able to be in your guys lives again. Permanently this time." 

Because I have no words, I simply pull him in for a hug. A tight hug which he returns without a second of thought. "I'd love that." I pull away, wiping a few more tears away. "It's gonna take some time for me to fully get there, but I'm going to try." 

He nods, smiling widely. "Thank you. That's all I ask." we dance until the song is over. Eduardo nudges me, taking me out of my thoughts. "I think someone wants to dance with you." he smirks, gesturing to Juan who's waiting patiently at the edge of the dancefloor for us to be done with a lazy smile on his lips. 

I laugh, walking towards. "I'm assuming you're here for that dance I promised you last night?" I ask, smiling, taking his hand and leading him towards the center of the dance floor. 

He nods. "You know it." 

A/n
Hey guys! I am so, so sorry this took me so long to get out! Kinda lost motivation for a few weeks. But I'm back! I'll try to update again as soon as I can. I hope you guys liked this chapter! I'll also get back to writing "11:11" as soon as possible.